2023 Irish Short Films
Enjoy the best of Irish short form cinema, at the inaugural IrishFest Atlanta film festival.
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Short Films & Animation for Children
Saturday, November 4th - 1:30pm - 2:30pm
Roswell Cultural Arts Center, 950 Forrest Street,
Do na Páistí - For the Children
A celebration of International award winning Irish Animation. The Irish passion for storytelling and the arts has created a culture of award winning animation viewed the world over. Stop by the Roswell Art Centre and enjoy a selection of the top family friendly Irish Animation short films.
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Comedy Short Films
Saturday, November 4th - 3:00pm - 4:00pm
Roswell Cultural Arts Center - 950 Forrest Street
Enjoy Irish silver screen comedy. The Irish flair for comedy seems to be embedded in the DNA. Join us at the Roswell Art Centre for a laugh the length of the Liffey.....
Do na Páistí - For the Children
Naughty V Nice
Santa has finally met his match in Grace, in this slapstick battle to see if she will be on the Naughty or the Nice list.
Tina Times Two
A surreal coming-of-age fable about a lonely girl whose wish comes true when she gains a magical friend; an exact double of herself! But the dream turns into a nightmare when her double wants to live her own life.
All in Good Time
A comic fantasy about two children, one in 1918, the other in 2018, who magically communicate across time through messages in a bottle and help solve each other’s problems.
Comedy
Fluent Dyspasia
Staring Multi award winning actor and Oscar nominated - Stephen Rea
A father in Ireland goes to watch a football match with his buddy. After over-celebrating his club's victory, he awakes in the morning and finds he only speaks Irish, and that he doesn't even understand English. His buddy is aghast at this situation, believing his friend to have become possessed, but his daughter manages to translate
An Irish Goodbye
Irish Fest Film Fest are delighted to screen this year's Oscar winning short film!
In rural Northern Ireland, a pair of estranged brothers, Turlough and Lorcan, reunite following their mother's untimely death. A dedicated farmer, Lorcan's dream of continuing to work the land he grew up on is thwarted when Turlough decides he's sending him to live with their aunt on the other side of Ireland.
Yu Ming is Ainm Dom
Yu Ming is Ainm Dom is a multi award winning Irish language short film directed by Daniel O'Hara and starring Frank Kelly, Paddy C. Courtney and Daniel Wu.
Irish short films have been incredibly successful on the world stage, from IAFTAs to BAFTAs to OSCARS, and all in between.
This selection of Irish shorts films programmed by Irish Producer Simon Gibney and presented by IrishFest Atlanta showcase a diverse array of new and established talent in animation and live action, comedy and drama genres. All films appropriate for all ages!